English Unit 5 Vocab
Terms
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- amalgam
- a mixture of diverse elements
- avionicsman
- the person in charcge of an
- bosun
- an officer in charge of a ship's boat and maintenance crews
- deploy
- make use of
- despondent
- without hope; dejected
- flail
- to move vigorously or erratically; thrash about
- helm
- the steering gear of a boat or ship - usually a tiller or wheel
- hoist
- to raise or haul up
- hull
- the frame or body of a ship
- hypothermic
- having an abnormally low body temperature
- incredulously
- in a way that expresses disbelief
- intermittently
- at intervals; from time to time
- maelstrom
- a violent or turbulent situation
- mast
- a vertical pole that supports the sails of a sailing vessel
- neoprene
- a synthetic rubber
- port
- The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose.
- retrograded
- backed up
- scuppers
- openings in a side of a ship at deck level to allow water to run off
- starboard
- The right side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose.
- tether
- a rope or chain connecting two things